The change was due to be announced at the Tory party conference in Manchester this weekend but was brought forward after news leaked.

这个变化是由于周末在曼彻斯特的保守党会议所宣布的内容被新闻界提前走露了消息。

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And when you looked at the audience at the Tory Party conference, it was exactly the sort of people we're talking about - traditionalists - what used to be called the "blue rinse brigade".

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Similarly Mr Hague realises that the one thing that most Britons know about his teenage years was that he gave a speech to a Tory party conference at the tender age of 16.

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The MP stayed away from the Conservative Party conference in an attempt to defuse the row, but despite the support of backbench Tory MPs it became clear when Parliament returned from recess on Monday that it was not going to go away.

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